Word details
벌집
- Pronunciation
- 벌ː찝
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
- Application
- 벌집이 [벌ː찌비 ]
벌집도 [벌ː찝또 ]
벌집만 [벌ː찜만 ]
honeycomb
A structure of small hexagonal cells where bees live, lay eggs, and store food and honey.
beehive
(figurative) A house that is composed of many small rooms next to one another.
holes
(figurative) Something that has many holes in it.
Idioms
벌집 쑤시어 놓은 것 같다
like a honeycomb being poked
For something to fall into utter confusion and be very messy.
벌집을 건드리다[쑤시다]
touch[poke] a honeycomb; stir up a hornet's nest
To cause big trouble by unnecessarily stirring up something that is better to be left as it is.